How about pop-up giant pyramids? Like the tents, hats, etc. that have the funky wire in them & can fold flat? what fun that would be! Subhan On 4/5/06, Kristin Looney <customer-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --On March 19, 2006 Ryan McGuire and Kerry Breitenbach > <kerry_and_ryan@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I just went looking for the email or WWN that mentioned the > > discontinuation of the cardboard Giant Icehosue pyramids in favor of the > > next generation but couldn't find it. > > > > What are they going to be, plastic? I've seen three-layer corrugated > > plasic, basically plastic cardboard. Is that the stuff? > > > yes, the plan has been to make them with this corrugated plastic... > > BUT I'm thinking that may never happen. corrugated plastic comes in > several thicknesses, and the standard thicker version is too thick to fold > well into pyramids, while the special thinner (and more expensive) version > does work, but it is much harder to find in good colors unless you make a > custom run in huge quantities - and this material still presents a bunch of > challenges for manufacturing and assembly. > > the GOOD news - is that the cutting die I used years ago to make the > cardboard ones that we have since run out of STILL EXISTS! I was not sure > of this... but I tracked it down (long story on why that was hard) so we > do have the option of making more corrugated cardboard ones. > > I make no promises on how soon I will make more... trust me when I say my > to-do list is out of control, and this does not fall very high on the > priority list. But there are several very vocal stores who are begging for > more giant pyramids - so sure hope this will happen sometime this year... > > so that's the giant pyramid update... Thanks for playing with pyramids! > > -Kristin (aka she who manufactures pyramids) > > > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse > -- ===== Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, and Dance like no one's watching. @->>-- @->>-- @->>-- @->>-- @->>-- @->>--